--- title: The Prince presently became so fascinated by it that he sprang up an… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Prince presently became so fascinated by it that he sprang up and tried to catch it, but it eluded his grasp and kept just out of arm’s reach, until it had made him promise to follow wherever it led him, and then it sprang upon his shoulder and whispered in his ear: Who acts: Prince, wood. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Prince, wood), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg7277:15:34 # text = The Prince presently became so fascinated by it that he sprang up and tried to catch it, but it eluded his grasp and kept just out of arm’s reach, until it had made him promise to follow wherever it led him, and then it sprang upon his shoulder and whispered in his ear: 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 presently presently ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 fascinated fascinate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 xcomp _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 sprang spring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 12 up up ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 catch catch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 eluded elude VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 grasp grasp NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 26 just just ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 27 out out ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ’s 's PART POS _ 29 case _ _ 31 reach reach NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 until until SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 conj _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 promise promise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 follow follow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 41 wherever wherever ADV WRB PronType=Int 43 advmod _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 advcl _ _ 44 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 47 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 49 advmod _ _ 48 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 sprang spring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 50 upon upon ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 shoulder shoulder NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 54 whispered whisper VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 conj _ _ 55 in in ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 : : PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | past | the Prince | | | | | presently *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **fascinate** | participle | the Prince *not said here* | | | | | by wood | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **spring up** | past | Prince | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **try** | past | Prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **catch** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Prince *not said here* | wood | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 6 | **elude** | past | wood | Prince's grasp | | | | | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent grasp=Location | | 7 | **keep** | past | wood *not said here* | | | arm's reach | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent out reach=Location | | 8 | **make** | past · perfect · passive | | wood | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **promise** *speech: promise* | infinitive | wood *not said here* | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 10 | **follow** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | wood *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 11 | **lead** | past | wood | Prince | | | | wherever *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 12 | **spring** | past | wood | | | Prince's shoulder | then | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon shoulder=Trajectory | | 13 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | past | wood *not said here* | | | Prince's ear | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in ear=Location | | 14 | **grasp** | | Prince | | | | | | nom grasp «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/15/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/15/35/) - ↑ back to [Heart of Ice, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/15/)